Past Simple Passive Voice

Complete the sentences. Use the Past Simple Passive Voice.

1. The day before yesterday we ___were invited____ (invite) to the birthday party by our friends.
2. In ancient Greece the Olympic Games ___were held________ (hold) once in four years.
3. I ____was born________ (bear) in a small Ukrainian town not far from Donetsk.
4. The prize __was won__________ (win) by Linda.
5. As I arrived at the hotel a note ___was handed________ (hand) to me.
6. Their engagement _____was announced_____ (announce) in the local paper.
7. The words ‘To be or not to be’… ____were spoken_______ (speak) by Hamlet.
8. The house ___was destroyed________ (destroy) by the storm.
9. The railway line __was buried_______ (bury) under tons of rock and earth.
10. I __was given________ (give) a letter by a postman yesterday.
11. Several problems ____were considered________ (consider) by the government.
12. After the accident the railway station ___was completely destroyed___ (completely/destroy).
13. Both motorways ____were opened_________ (open) last year.
14. The thunderstorm ____was heard___________ (hear) five miles away.
15. The World Cup at football _____was won_________ (win) by Italy in 2006.
16. A dangerous criminal ____was arrested________ (arrest) by the police yesterday.
17. It ____was explained_________ (explain) to us how the accident had happened.
18. The Guinness Book of Records ___was first published____ (first/publish) in the 50’s.
19. The job ____was offered________ (offer) to Patricia.
20. I couldn’t answer the questions I _____was asked______ (ask) at the interview last month.
21. My suitcase ___was stolen__________ (steal) from the hotel room.
22. We _____were waken_______ (wake) up by the barking dog last night.
23. Last night I ___was stopped___________ (stop) by the police as I was driving home.
24. Yesterday it ____was dediced_________ (decide) not to have a party after all.
25. This shopping centre ____was built__________ (build) 10 years ago.
26. These are very old photographs. They ____were taken_________ (take) a long time ago.
27. The roof of the building ____was damaged____________ (damage) in a storm a few days ago.
28. You ____were invited__________ (invite) to the wedding. Why didn’t you go?
29. Originally the book ___was written_______ (write) in Spanish and a few years ago it
___________was translated_______________ (translate) into English.
30. We were driving along quite fast but we _____were overtaken____ (overtake) by lots of other cars.
31. The letter ___was posted__________ (post) a week ago and it arrived yesterday.
32. The boat sank quickly but fortunately everybody ___was rescued_________ (rescue).
33. While I was on holiday, my camera _____was stolen________ (steal) from my hotel.
34. All flights ___were canceled_________________ (cancel) because of fog.
35. The police ____was given_________ (give) the information.
36. The men ______were paid_________ (pay) £200 to do the work.
37. The windows _____were broken_________ (break) with a baseball bat.
38. I _____was offered_________ (offer) the job but I refused it.
39. The two missing children _____were found_________ (find) in a local park.